Private Equity and Bank Capital Requirements: Evidence from European Firms

Higher Bank Capital Requirements and mortgage pricing: evidence from the Countercyclical Capital Buffer (CCB)

Bank equity involvement in industrial firms and bank risk

The regulatory framework in Europe does not prevent banks from taking large or controlling equity stakes in non-financial firms, potentially contributing to higher levels of bank risk and financial instability. Using a panel of European commercial banks for the period 2004-2008, we find that higher levels of equity positions in industrial firms and higher proportions of industrial firms where t...

Private Equity Returns: Persistence and Capital Flows

This paper investigates individual fund returns in the private equity industry using a unique data set collected by Venture Economics. We find a large degree of heterogeneity among fund returns. Those returns persist strongly across funds by private equity firms. The returns also improve with firm experience. Better performing funds are more likely to raise follow-on funds and raise larger fund...

Bank Health and Cash Flow Sensitivity of Cash: Evidence from TSE Listed Firms

Achieving a strong and efficient monetary cycle is of great importance and necessity due to the dependency of corporates on banks in Iran. Owing to the importance of cash management in firms, this study assesses the impact of bank health on Cash flow sensitivity of cash of listed corporates on Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) by analyzing 102 firms which have received facilities from 20 active Irani...

The Determinants of Loan Contracts to Business Firms Empirical Evidence from a Private Bank in Vietnam

This paper deals with loan contracting from a private bank in Vietnam. We focus on the main loan contract features that the bank uses in lending to business firms, namely loan maturity, collateral and loan interest rate. Based upon the simultaneous equation model of Dennis et al. (2000) and the bank’s loan contracting policies, we examine the possible interdependency of the three different loan...